Burial-robe.



H. T. LOOMIS.

. BURIAL ROBE.

APPLIOATIOR rum) 113.19, 190s.

Patented 001;.20, 1908.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HARRY T. LOOMIS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO MORRIS FRANK AND JULIUS I. LAMBERT, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

BURIAL-ROBE T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY T. LOOMIS, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Burial- Robes, of which the following is a specification, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to burial robes, and particularly to the body portions of garments of this class, and the invention consists of a body for funeral garments'composed of a single piece or sheet or suitable textile material stamped to form a central bosom portion, and side portions, the central bosom portion being stamped to form a design different from the side portions, and being also stamped to represent embroidery or other ornamental configuration; a further object being to provide a body for burial robes or garments composed of a single piece or sheet, the central portion of which is stamped to form a bosom apparently of different material from the side portions, and being also stamped to represent embroidery, the side portions being separated from the bosom portion by parallel score lines forming folding strips which are not stamped, and said side portions being folded over the bosom portion along said score lines in order to complete the front of the body portion of the garment.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, of which the accompanying drawing forms a part, in which the separate parts of my improvement are designated by suitable reference characters in each of the views, and in which Figure 1 is a front view of a sheet or strip of textile material stamped to form the body portion of my improved burial garment, only part of the sheet or strip being. shown as stamped, Fig. 2 a bottom ed e view thereof, Fig. 3 a view similar to Fig. 1 showing the side portions folded over the bosom portion of the sheet or strip, and ;Fig. 4 a bottom edge view of the central portion of the folded sheet or strip shown in Fig. 3.

In the practice of my invention I provide a sheet a of lawn or other suitable textile fabric, and said sheet is stamped or rolled to form a bosom portion a and main side Specification of Letters Patent.-

Application filed February 19, 1908.

Patented Oct. 20, 1908.

Serial No. 416,646.

I and body portions a separated from the bosom portion by two parallel score or foldwhich retain their original form, or in other words are not stamped to form a design dlfferent from that of the original material.

The central or bosom portion a of the garment is also provided centrally thereof and adjacent to the neck portion thereof with an ornamental embroidery design a which is also formed by stamping, at the same time that the bosom portion a is given the desired configuration or design; and the side parts a of the body portion of the garment are also given an ornamental design a which are produced in the same manner, and at the same time as the ornamental design at a. The side parts a" of the body portion of the garment are also, in practice, preferably given a design or configuration different from that of the central or bosom portion a and the strip or sheet a is provided centrally of the top of the bosom portion with a neck opening Z) around which is also an ornamental border or design 5 and the side parts a of the body of the garment or the sheet or strip from which said body is made are provided with slits 0 which represent the armholes or points where the sleeves are sewed into the garment.

In forming the body portion of the garment from the sheet or strip shown. in Fig.

1 the side portions are folded inwardly over.

the bosom portion, and then outwardly as clearly shown at d in Figs. 3 and 4 these folds being along the folding or score lines a and in this operation the strips (1 are concealed, the side parts a overlapping said strips and being also folded over the central or bosom portion (6 The side parts a are folded backwardly to form a complete garment, and the sleeves are stitched in at c.

It will also be understood that a neck band may be provided for the neck opening I), and my invention is not limited to any particular design of stamping for the bosom (E the side parts a or the ornamental embroidery at a and a Although I have described the sheet or strip of material from which my improved burial garment is formed, as stamped in order to produce the desired results, it will be understood that this operation, if desired, may be performed by passing the sheet or strip between die rollers properly constructed.

It will be seen that the outer side edges of the sheet of material employed by me are parallel, while the bottom edge thereof is straight and at right angles to the side edges, and the top edge thereof in which the neck opening is formed converges in opposite directions from said neck opening toward the bottom edge, and in practice, or in the use of my improved burial robe the side parts a thereof are folded around the body. 7

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A burial robe composed of a sheet of textile material stamped to form a central or bosom portion and two side and body portions, the side and body portions being separated from the central or bosom portion by two parallel score or folding lines separated by a narrow space or strip, and the central or bosom portion being provided with a neck opening.

.2. A'burial robe composed of a sheet of textile material stamped to form a central or bosom portion and two side and body portions, the side and body portions being separated from the central or bosom portion by two parallel score or folding lines separated by a narrow space or strip, and the central or bosom portion being provided with a neck opening, and the side and body portions being provided with arm openings.

I11 testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name in presence of the subscribing witnesses this 18th day of February 1908.

HARRY T. LOOMIS.

Witnesses MINNIE Roos, HATTIE MoGIMPsnY. 

